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36 NGOs Urge U.N. Rights Chief to Attend Oslo Nobel Ceremony
Saturday, 11 December 2010, 12:05 pm | UN Watch
PRESS RELEASE December 10, 2010 U.N. Exhibit Praises China's Human Rights Record 36 NGOs Urge U.N. Rights Chief to Attend Oslo Nobel Ceremony and Support Chinese Dissident GENEVA, December 10, 2010 - Rights groups expressed outrage that the U.N. ... More >>
UN Experts Fault Iran on Discriminatio
Friday, 6 August 2010, 5:54 pm | UN Watch
UN experts faulted Iran today for discriminating against women and ethnic minority groups, during a periodic review of the country's record in Geneva. More >>
UN Flotilla Probe Marred by Predetermined Verdict
Thursday, 8 July 2010, 1:38 pm | UN Watch
The UN Human Rights Council is reportedly naming commissioners to its inquiry on Israeli actions during the flotilla incident, but the probe’s credibility is marred by a predetermined verdict, a non-governmental rights organization based in Geneva More >>
Tribute to South-East European Music
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 12:11 pm | UN Watch
The head of the United Nations agency responsible for cultural issues is paying tribute today to music as a cornerstone of understanding in South-East Europe at a gathering of the leaders from nearly a dozen regional countries in Istanbul, the 2010 European ... More >>
Ban Honours Civic Servants on Public Service Day
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 12:10 pm | UN Watch
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute today to public servants around the world who use their services on behalf of their towns, cities, or countries, and called on young citizens everywhere to explore dynamic and diverse careers in public service. More >>
Attacking the U.S. "Monster" and Israel
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 12:09 pm | UN Watch
Geneva, June 23 — As the Geneva-based non-governmental organization UN Watch warned last week, controversial ex-Sandinista Miguel d'Escoto is already abusing his new mandate as advisor to the UN Human Rights Council to promote divisive politics, pledging ... More >>
U.N. Human Rights Council Declares Israel Guilty
Thursday, 3 June 2010, 3:24 pm | UN Watch
Geneva, June 2, 2010 — The U.N. Human Rights Council voted 32 to 3 to adopt an Arab and Islamic-sponsored resolution ( click here for final amended text ) that began by declaring Israel guilty of committing an "outrageous attack" in monday's ... More >>
UN Watch human rights awards
Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 1:34 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, May 31, 2010 – Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and Afghan women’s rights advocate and former minister Dr. Massouda Jalal were awarded human rights prizes by UN Watch on Thursday night, at the non-governmental group's annual ... More >>
Libya and the Human Rights Council
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 3:54 pm | UN Watch
Two UN watchdog organizations today urged the United Nations General Assembly to reject five candidates for the United Nations Human Rights Council–- Libya, as well as Angola, Malaysia, Mauritania, and Qatar. More >>
The Case of Israeli Blood Theft
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 6:01 pm | UN Watch
As a human rights NGO dedicated to combating racism, UN Watch is alarmed to discover that the UN Human Rights Council, together with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, has, however unwittingly, helped to propagate an anti-Semitic blood ... More >>
U.N. Haiti parley is "harmful diversion"
Thursday, 28 January 2010, 9:58 am | UN Watch
Today's urgent meeting of the UN Human Rights Council regarding Haiti is "a harmful waste of the organization’s precious time, resources, and moral capital," said a human rights watchdog group. More >>
UN Urged to Reinstate Congo Monitor
Wednesday, 23 December 2009, 10:36 am | UN Watch
Fifty human rights groups from around the world today united in calling on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay to reinstate the mandate for a human rights monitor in Congo, saying the position should never have been eliminated ... More >>
UN Urged to Reinstate Monitor in Congo
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 10:41 am | UN Watch
Geneva, Dec. 21, 2009 – Thirty humanitarian and human rights groups called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay to reinstate the mandate for a human rights monitor in Congo, saying the position ... More >>
UN Rights Council Shielding Worst Abusers
Monday, 14 December 2009, 1:26 pm | UN Watch
As the UN General Assembly was set to today on approving the Human Rights Council’s past year of resolutions, a Geneva-based human rights monitoring group called on the U.S. and other democracies to vote in opposition, publishing a report claiming ... More >>
UN: “Foxes Guarding the Chickens”
Friday, 11 December 2009, 2:07 pm | UN Watch
NEW YORK, Dec. 10 — As the UN General Assembly was set today to approve the Human Rights Council’s past year of resolutions, a Geneva-based human rights watchdog called on the U.S. and other democracies to vote in opposition, and claimed in a ... More >>
Withdrawal of the Goldstone Resolution
Monday, 5 October 2009, 1:01 pm | UN Watch
Geneva, Oct. 1, 2009 — UN Watch comments on the surprise news that the Palestinian draft resolution on the Goldstone report has been withdrawn prior to voting tomorrow at the UN Human Rights Council: More >>
UN Watch Disappointed at U.N. Rights Chief
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 1:08 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, July 29, 2009 — The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch expressed disappointment at the refusal by United Nations rights chief Navi Pillay to answer whether she will receive the Dalai Lama on his visit to Geneva next week -- understood ... More >>
U.N. Rejection of Christian Charity
Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 4:52 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, July 27, 2009 — UN Watch, a Geneva-based monitoring group, condemned the U.N.’s decision today to reject an international Christian charity as a non-governmental observer owing to its refusal to accede to Beijing’s demands that it disclose member ... More >>
Father of Israeli Captive Addresses Gazans
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 9:52 am | UN Watch
Geneva, July 6, 2009 — Noam Shalit, father of Israel captive Gilad Shalit, delivered the following testimony today before the UN fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict. More >>
Swiss-EU Text For U.N. Session On Sri Lanka
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 5:04 pm | UN Watch
Geneva, May 25, 2009 — Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch today expressed "serious disappointment" today over a "toothless" draft resolution on Sri Lanka submitted today by Switzerland and other Western states in advance of Tuesday's U.N. Human ... More >>
